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Bij Population - Junagadh, Gujarat

Bij is a large village located in Patan-Veraval Taluka of Junagadh district, Gujarat with total 636 families residing. The Bij village has population of 3579 of which 1846 are males while 1733 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Bij village population of children with age 0-6 is 507 which makes up 14.17 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Bij village is 939 which is higher than Gujarat state average of 919. Child Sex Ratio for the Bij as per census is 996, higher than Gujarat average of 890.

Bij village has lower literacy rate compared to Gujarat. In 2011, literacy rate of Bij village was 67.87 % compared to 78.03 % of Gujarat. In Bij Male literacy stands at 78.14 % while female literacy rate was 56.82 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Bij village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Bij village.

Bij Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 636 - -
Population 3,579 1,846 1,733
Child (0-6) 507 254 253
Schedule Caste 250 134 116
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 67.87 % 78.14 % 56.82 %
Total Workers 1,476 1,022 454
Main Worker 1,333 - -
Marginal Worker 143 46 97

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 6.99 % of total population in Bij village. The village Bij currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Bij village out of total population, 1476 were engaged in work activities. 90.31 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 9.69 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1476 workers engaged in Main Work, 351 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 559 were Agricultural labourer.